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From the Department of the Army's Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, this declassified intelligence summary, number seventy-nine, dated August twenty-fifth, nineteen-fifty, details military operations and troop movements in China, Burma, and Korea. This document is available at archive.org through The Black Vault. This record, a secret intelligence summary, was declassified under the Freedom of Information Act. Its release reflects the ongoing public access to historical government documents related to international relations and military intelligence during the Cold War era. The document opens under the heading "Burma." Quote: "Recent Developments. The burden of refugee Chinese Nationalist troops in Kengtung, with its implications of possible Chinese Communist intervention, continues to plague the Government of Burma. The Chinese Nationalist Government has ordered its troops near Takilek, on the Thai-Burma border, to withdraw from Burma, reportedly to Yunnan. Such a move by armed Nationalist troops might well offer excuses for aggression by the Chinese Communists. General Ne Win, Burmese Commander-in-Chief, has stated, therefore, that, while he will be satisfied with a withdrawal of the refugee troops across the Thai border, under no conditions will he permit them to withdraw northward across Kengtung, into China. Ne Win also complains that two new groups of Chinese Nationalist troops, each numbering from three hundred to four hundred, have entered Burma, one in the area east of Lashio, and the other in northern Kengtung. These add to the problem which confronts Burma." The summary continues under the heading "China." Quote: "Military Situations. The Chinese Communists have added the British destroyer H M S Concord to the list of foreign vessels fired upon by batteries on Communist-held islands south of Hong Kong. This latest incident occurred on August seventeenth, in the same general area as where a United States freighter, a Norwegian freighter, and a British coastal vessel were shelled from August sixth to eighth. The Concord, which returned the fire in self-defense, was undamaged, although there was one minor casualty among the ship's personnel. The Nationalists on Taiwan were alerted last week concerning an alleged Nationalist Air Force interception of communications among Soviet offices in Nanking, Shanghai, and Hsuchou; indicating that a bombing attack on Taiwan was imminent. The attack failed to materialize, but the Nationalist Air Force subsequently announced that on August sixteenth, fourteen unidentified aircraft, in two formations, had been detected near the Pescadores by a radar station in those islands. No Nationalist or United States Seventh Fleet aircraft were known to be in the area at the time, it was stated." Redacted. The document proceeds to describe ongoing military activity in the East China coastal region, including the construction of roads and air facilities, and the stockpiling of food and supplies…

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Case File · ARCHIVE-004Declassified

Filed NOV 4 · 2026Runtime 1 min

From The Department Of The Army's Office Of The Assistant Chief

U.S. public record · FOIAUpdated November 4, 2026

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From the Department of the Army's Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, this declassified intelligence summary, number seventy-nine, dated August twenty-fifth, nineteen-fifty, details military operations and troop movements in China, Burma, and Korea. org through The Black Vault.

Date: NOV 4 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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